Inya Lake
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| Inya Lake | |
|---|---|
| Location | Yangon |
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| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | Burma |
Inya Lake (Burmese: 
; IPA: [íNjà kàN]; formerly known as Victoria Lake) is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar, the largest lake in Yangon. It is an artificial lake expanded as a water reservoir in about 1882 to 1883 in order to provide water supply in Rangoon (now Yangon).[1] The lake was formed by joining small hills that surrounded creeks that formed during the monsoonal season.[1] A massive series of pipes and cables distributes water from Inya Lake to Kandawgyi Lake near downtown Yangon. Located north of downtown Yangon and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Inya Lake is bounded by Parami Road on the north, Pyay Road on the west, Inya Road on the southwest, University Avenue on the south, and Gaba Aye Road on the east. Located near the lake's southwestern bank is the Yangon University. There is a park on the shores of the lake next to this Yangon University, and has been a romantic dating spot among the University students in life and literature.
Activities on the lake include swimming, sailing and rowing. There is a sailing club, where anyone including tourists may surf around the lake.
Much of the shoreline of the lake is on private property. Aung San Su Kyi's house is on the lake, so is Ne Win's residence while he lived. The United States embassy also has its main residence on the lake. Newly US embassy office is under-construction at the same road of Aung San Su Kyi, called Koke Kaing Road in local or University Avenue Road. However, public access to the lake is available through Gaba Aye Road, and most popularly, through Inya Road and Pyay Road, next to Yangon University. Approximately, it is 2-hour-walk to circle the whole lake.
The Second Far East Regional Scout Conference was hosted by the University of Rangoon in 1960, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at Inyale Camp on Inya Lake as an ancillary event.
On March 16, 1988 following the killing of two students during the pro-democracy demonstrations, students marching on Prome Road (now Pyay Road) were confronted near Inya Lake by the Lon Htein security force riot police and many beaten to death or drowned.
Inya Lake is also the name of a racehorse, the 1998 winner of the Molecomb Stakes.
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- History of Rangoon, B. R. Pearn, American Baptist Missionary Press, 1939
- Scouting 'Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959
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